In a rather surprising move, Nintendo has announced that it plans to introduce a brand new game console as early as next year. The catch? The new console will be specifically targeted at emerging markets, such as China and India, and lower-income gamers. With a rapidly growing middle class in these countries — especially in China — with lots of money to spend on entertainment, this is a very savvy move for Nintendo. It remains to be seen how much this move will impact the company’s western gaming efforts and the losing battle against the Xbox One and PS4.

In an exciting move that could turn the console war back in its favor, Microsoft’s Xbox One will soon become the first major game console to be sold in China since they were banned in 2000 due to concerns they melt the brains of children. It would seem that Microsoft is the first big console maker to set up a production line there, with a target domestic release date of September 2014. China is now the biggest market in the world for consumer electronics — if the Xbox One is a success there, it could easily pull ahead of Sony’s PlayStation 4.

Just a few days ago, China reported that its lunar rover, Yutu — named after the mythological Chinese jade rabbit that lives on the Moon — went gentle into that good night. Now, just a handful of days later, the dead rover has awoken, shambling along the moonscape with its robot zombie bones.

In a weirdly anthropomorphic message, China’s lunar rover Yutu has told the Chinese public that it will probably die during the current lunar night. “Although I should’ve gone to bed this morning, my masters discovered something abnormal with my mechanical control system,” Yutu said, via the state-run Xinhua news agency. “My masters are staying up all night working for a solution. I heard their eyes are looking more like my red rabbit eyes. Nevertheless, I’m aware that I might not survive this lunar night.” I’ll pause for a moment, while you wipe away your tears for Yutu (so named after the Jade Rabbit that lives on the Moon in Chinese mythology).

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